Blog by Year 2

The last week of the spring term was spent learning all about Easter and the Easter story. The children really enjoyed discussing why we celebrate Easter and this led to a lot of activities to help us with our learning. 

We got very creative, making spring chickens, decorating our own Easter…

The children have been working very hard practicing their independent writing skills this half term and were so proud of the progress they are all making! They are becoming very confident young writers and it is lovely to their creativity coming through in their writing.

This week we are…

This week in reception we have been encouraging the children's investigative skills as a part of British Science Week! 

The children were challenged to investigate materials that float or sink and they did this in many ways! Some children went off to find their own materials that would float or…

This week has seen some more fabulous writing down in reception and we are pleased to announce our new super sentence heroes for this week!!
Not only have these children been tyring very hard to write their own sentences during our morning activities they have also been trying to practice their…

This week we have introduced something new to the children, Super Sentence Writers!
Each week we will be looking for children who work hard to be the best independent writers they can be!
 We have been asking them to show their resilience and keep trying whilst writing their own independent…

Last friday reception finished their topic of Traditional tales with a exciting Traditional Tales Day! 

We started the day tasting porridge just like Goldilocks with our friends in Year 1 - some of the children loved it, enjoying two bowls all to themselves!

We then went back to class…

Some of the children had been asking to visit the builders working on the new outdoor area, so we went on an outdoor walk!
They were super excited and very curious; they started thinking of all the question they could ask the builders and what they wanted to find out about our new outdoor…

On Thursday morning the children arrived to find some crumbs left from a very special visitor.
The Gingerbread man had been and he had left a lot of his crumbly friends behind!
We got out our magnifying glasses and searched the classroom for clues. The children found crumbs from the door into…

Kung Hei Fat Choi

This week the children have been learning about Chinese New Year and they have really enjoyed it!
They held their own chinese restaurant, made dragons and wrote menus for their friends.
Later on in the week they tasted chinese food - the sweet and sour sauce and prawn…

Breaking News... 

The three bears house has been trashed!
But don't worry... the reception children were very quick to help!
They used their problem solving skills to 'unjumble' all of the bears things into small, medium and large! 
They also made the perfect bowl of porridge for Daddy bear…

The children are very lucky to recieve two sessions with the wonderful sports coaches from Blackpool Football Club. Two of the main skills the children have been working this term is Balance and Co-ordination and Ball Control. The children have made great progress since september and it has been…